Global Conservation Act of 2012

HR 6038/S 3240 - 2012 Farm Bill. Worked for House consideration of the bill. Worked to support passage of the 2012 farm bill as part of the fiscal cliff package. Specifically supported conservation programs and reauthorization and extension of livestock disaster program.

Client expense: $27,992 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Americas Great Outdoors initiative implementation; Gulf of Mexico Restoration various implementation strategies; [No Bill Number Yet] Increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund American Blueways Program; Mitigation in Executive Order to improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects; Environmental Protection Agency's action relating to invasive Arundo donax as biofuel and the approval for funding from the Office of Management and Budget; S3356/H.R.6038, Global Conservation Act of 2012. Covered Officials: Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Interior; Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of the President; Associate Director for Land and Water, Council on Environmental Quality; Chief of Staff, Council on Environmental Quality; Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office

Monitor efforts to restrict choice in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in: S. 3240, the Senate Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012; H.R. 6038, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act; and H.R. 5973 and S. 2375, the House and Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bills.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE